We Shall Not Be Moved : The Jackson Woolworth's Sit-In and the Movement It Inspired /

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Once in a great while, a certain photograph captures the essence of an era: three people - one black and two white - demonstrate for equality at a lunch counter while a horde of cigarette-smoking hotshots pour catsup, sugar, and other condiments on the protesters' heads and down their backs. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, M. J., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Segregation.
African Americans > Civil rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Noirs americains > Segregation > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Segregation > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Julian Bond
  • Prologue
  • Medgar's Mississippi
  • Some people in the photograph
  • Others at the counter
  • Others on the scene
  • North Jackson Action
  • "The beginning of change in Mississippi"
  • More demonstrations, less unity
  • The death of Medgar Evers
  • "The Lord's spontaneous demonstration"
  • Next steps
  • Veterans of domestic wars
  • Epilogue.

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